Collection Scope and Content Note

Papers consist of source material gathered for THE DEWEY SCHOOL: THE LABORATORY SCHOOL
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1896-1903, a book by Katherine Camp Mayhew and her sister
Anna Camp Edwards, a colleague at the school. Included are twelve logbooks containing
weekly reports on curriculum, classroom activities, and student progress, 1896-1902;
drafts, notes, and correspondence relating to specific chapters of the book, ca.
1896-1934; syllabi, course outlines, clippings of articles about the school, minutes of
teachers' meetings, lists of students and teachers, photographs of children, and printed
material. Of note are notes and correspondence by John Dewey relating to the preparation
of the book (in which he had a hand), and memoranda, reports, syllabi, articles, and
miscellaneous writings by Dewey, ca. 1890s-1930, relating to the running of the
Laboratory School, courses at Teachers College, Columbia University, and miscellaneous
matters.